Sign-holding apparatus.



'citizen of the Unitedt States,

lit appertains to make 'view verticallyion n Fig/3 is a detail view of the device for hold*- y'nnir;n as entraran orare CHARLES I. BALL, OF iVILLlAlVISPOR/T, PENNSYLVANIA."

SI (iN-HOLDING Application fusa July a3, 1

To all whom it may concer/nfl l l). Ram., a`

Be it known that I. CHARLES residing at Williamsport, in the county of Lycoming and AState 'of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sign-l-Iolding Apparatus; and I do herebyA declare thc following to be al full, clear, and exactl description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which and use the same, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a. part -of ihis'specification. v

This invention relates improvements 1in sign holding apparatus and especially in the provision of a rack or frame which is grooved vforthe reception of a sign and in the provision of resilient angle'. pieces mounted Vin the. grooves and adapted to new and useful l. il l l l l i, l l

l to bear between t e same and the edgeof the sign for holding the latter securely in place. I illustrate my. inventiony in the accompanying drawings, in which, t-

Figure 1 is a-face or plan view tion of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional line 2-2 of Fig. l, and

in elevaing the sign from rattling.' Reference'now being had to the details of l the drawings by characters, A designates the frame of a rack, preferably of metal and adapted to be fastenedto theside of a car or other yobject and is provided. with parallel grooves B in the inner marginal .edges of D .whereby the linger of. an operator may be conveniently One end of the rack is open, thus allowing the sign to be inserted or removed. A bar F bridges over Specification of Letters Patent.

two of the sides of the rack and the third V vside of the rack hasa recess APPARATUS.

vrit-tentar nee.' 21, 190e. 909. serial No; 509,243.

the rack at its ends to the latter, tened at I to said `bar and provided withl a at one end thereof and is fastened and I isa spring fas" pin K which projects therefrom and extends through an` aperture N `in said barand lis adapted within the rack. free and is bent outwardly to form a handle whereby it may be conveniently gripped when it is desired to cause the' pin to be withdrawn from the pathof'the sign which moves within said groove. Inordcr to hold the signs in place, I provide. the resilient pieces Q of metal crossrsection and held onein each of said. grooves by the-friction intermediate said members Q and the face of the sign.

-By the provi l ion of a device as shown and described, it will be noted that a simple and efiicient means is afforded whereby signs indicating the contents of the car to which the rack is fastened or other objects may be readilyv indicated,'the signs being capable of ready removal and replacement when desired. s

. hat I claim4 to be new is In combination with a rack adapted to be fastenedto the side of a car or other object, said'frame having an open end and its .opposite inner edges grooved and adapted to receive a sign, mounted one in each of' said grooves, one edge of said pieces adaptedto bear ,against one of! the walls of the grooves andl its other edge against a 1 sionl vto vvhold the latter Aagainst the opposite wallpof the-groove.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiix myY itnessesf` y presence of twol oHAnL/ns-nannn signature invthe Witnesses zV f CHAsfE. LEVERING, Jos: I). Horen. y,

to form means for holding the sign vUne end of saidv spring vis resilientA angled lmetal pieces which are U-shaped 1n 

